Further call for HE evidence

Dear Ms Tyler,

I write further to your email below requesting information. In order to process your request, I would need additional information in relation to the call you have mentioned.

It would help if you could provide us with details of the call such as who the call was made to i.e. contact name/department. The information you are requesting seems to be Mr Badman's personal data which cannot be disclosed to third parties, in the absence of express consent from him under the Freedom of Information Act 2000/Data Protection Act 1998.

I would therefore be grateful if you could confirm why you are requesting this information on his behalf as well as any other information that you feel might help us with processing this request.

Please note that we will not be processing your request until the sought clarification is received.

Yours Sincerely,

Information Officer
Public Law Team
Governance and Law
London Borough of Waltham Forest
020 8496 4710/4334

show quoted sections

Dear Ms Tyler,

Re: Request for Information

Thank you for your information request, which the council received on 07 October 2009.

We will respond to your request as soon as we can but, in any event, within 20 working days following the day of receipt of your request. You can therefore expect a reply by 04 November 2009.

Please note that the information you have requested may be subject to a fee or subject to an exemption. Should this occur, you will be notified accordingly when we write to you next.

Your request has been allocated to Shirley Orjih, Information Officer, who can be contacted at [email address].

Kind regards,

Information Officer
Public Law Team
Governance and Law
London Borough of Waltham Forest
020 8496 4710/4334

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the individual, persons or entity to whom it is addressed.
It may contain privileged and confidential information and, if you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, copy or distribute it, nor take any action in reliance upon it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please inform the sender as soon as possible and delete the e-mail from your computer.

show quoted sections

Dear Ms Tyler,

I apologise for the delay in responding to your request. This was due
staff shortages within the client department.

You have specifically requested "the response made to the local
authority made to Graham Badman's call on 17th September 2009 for
further evidence regarding the report into Home Education".

The relevant council officer has advised us that a response was
submitted online to DCSF on 11th October 2009 however, she did not save
a copy of the response prior to sending it out. The officer has tried to
locate that response using her submission number but was unable to
retrieve it. The Local authority therefore does not hold this
information.

I trust that this satisfies your request sufficiently, however, if you
require further information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000, you have the right to request a
review of the Council’s response to your request for information.

If you have such a review request, you may contact the:

Corporate Information Officer
Corporate Law Team
Room 1
Waltham Forest Town Hall
E17 4JF
Tel- 020 84964334

Within 28 days of the date of this letter. If you remain unsatisfied
with the outcome of that review, you may seek further recourse by
lodging an appeal with the Information Commissioner.

Once again, I apologise for the delay and any inconvenience this may
have caused you.

Yours Sincerely,

Shirley Orjih
Assistant Corporate Information Officer
Public Law Team
Governance and Law
London Borough of Waltham Forest
020 8496 4710/4334

show quoted sections

PM >>>
Dear Information Officer,

I made a Freedom of Information request on 7th October, which is
now overdue a response.

In not providing a response within the 20 working-day limit of
4th
November, you are now breaking the law. Therefore I am requesting
an internal review.

The information requested is below:

On 17 September, Graham Badman via a DCSF email made a further
call
for evidence to Local Authorities regarding the Review/Report
into
Elective Home
Education.

I am requesting your response to that call.

The documents requested by the DCSF can be found at the link
below:
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/everychildmatters/
publications/documents/laeelectivehomeeducation/

Note I have inserted a space before the word 'publications' to
ensure the link is visible.

Please note that I am NOT requesting your Public Consultation
response.

Please supply the information requested as a matter of urgency.

Yours sincerely,

S Tyler

show quoted sections

Dear Ms Tyler

We have made further enquiries of officers in order to respond to your
email below. Officers are only aware of one consultation on home
education that followed a report to the Secretary of State on the review
of elective home education by Graham Badman.

It has not been possible to identify what it is that you are requesting
from using the link you have provided. In the circumstances we would
suggest that you seek clarification from the DCSF in relation to this
matter.

Whilst writing we would also like to confirm that a review has been
undertaken of this request and apologise for the fact that it was not
originally responded to within the 20 working day period.

Yours sincerely

Kim Travis
Principal Lawyer
Public Law Team
Governance & Law

show quoted sections